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Final payments were made for the completion of the downtown sidewalk improvement project and the city will bill participating businesses for their portion of the costs. Four-way stop signs were approved to be installed at the corner of Ohio and 4th Streets. A special meeting to consider the 2016-2017 budget, and other items, was set for August 15 at 6:30 pm. The Chinook City Council held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, August 4. Mayor Keith Hanson called the meeting to order. Council members present were Mitch Haider, Robert Smith and...
Chief Justice Mike McGarth has notified the Judicial Nomination Commission that the Hon. John McKeon, district judge for the Seventeenth Judicial District (Blaine, Phillips, and Valley counties), will resign his position effective November 30, 2016. The Commission is now accepting applications from any lawyer in good standing who has the qualifications set forth by law for holding the position of district court judge. The application form is available electronically at http://courts.mt.gov. Applications must be submitted electronically as well...
JUMP, the interdenominational youth group in Chinook, just completed a week of mission service in what was described as a "destination" mission trip. Rather than joining other youth groups on large projects, this year the local group made their own contacts with orgnanizations in Helena, Missoula, Coeur d'Alene and a denominational camp on Flathead Lake near Kalispell. At each site the group did service projects for non-profits and religious groups. First stop was Intermountain Children's Home...
The “Journal” has been informed that the public event scheduled by Loaves and Fishes for the evening of Wednesday, August 10, has been canceled. Events set for Thursday noon and evening are still scheduled. Thursday, at lunch time, will be the ‘annual turkey dinner,’ a favorite every year with kids and parents. All are welcome to the turkey dinner served at noon in Wallner Hall. Thursday evening, at 6 p.m. in Sweet Park, there will be a meal provided with hunger awareness activities and singing by the children. There will be a swim party a...
The Book Challenge for August is to read a book set in the future or the distant past. There will be no Story Hour or Books and Babies the rest of the month. They will resume the first week of September. Lego Cub will not meet August 11 and 18, but will start again Thursday, August 25, 6 P.M. in the library meeting room. The library has a new service called “Shoutbomb.” Patrons may sign up to be notified via test message if they have holds available, items due soon, and items overdue. Call the library for more information or go to the lib...
We would like to send a shout out to Kourtney Hanson, who volunteered this summer and helped with our Tuesday programs. Many of our hectic programs went so much smoother with Kourtney’s help. We appreciate you! The final day to turn reading logs in will be this Friday, August 12th, prizes will then be drawn for and top reader prizes will be awarded. Accelerated Reader Tests will continue to be available on all computers at the library until school starts. New books this week include: “A Time of Torment” by John Connolly, “The Unseen World...
It was one hundred and one years ago when William Arthur Davies first came to Blaine County and this weekend the family got together to celebrate. Relatives and friends came from all over to partake in the festivities. William Davies was born in Denbighshire, Wales in 1890. He lived there until he made his way to United States in March of 1912. It's a bit of a family story that he even made it to the United States. Apparently William had sought passage on the Titanic but tickets were sold out,...
By Steve Edwards BCJ News Reporter's note: Through the various Homestead Acts, some 1.6 million homesteaders settled nearly 10% of the total area of the U.S., mostly in the western states. The families of many of those homesteaders still live on parts of the original tracts settled by their forbearers. Others, for a variety of reasons, left the land. Of the latter group, it's not unusual their families still have an interest in the places where their relatives first settled and current generatio...
This weekend the 60th Annual Hays Powwow will take place at the Mission Canyon Powwow Arena on The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Visitors by the thousands will converge on the Powwow grounds where they will be surrounded by breathtaking scenery and moved by the glamour, spirit and colors of another spectacular celebration. For those who have yet to witness the pageantry of the American Indian Powwow, this weekends event will certainly be among the finest as it features a full weekend of...
The time is finally here for the fall high school sports season to get underway. For the seniors their final season is upon them and each and everyone of them will look to help their team make it memorable. For the juniors and sophomores, they bring another year of experience to the table and will look to fill important roles to help the team succeed. The freshman have yet to experience the rigors of high school but don’t look past them as there will be a few that are asked to be major contributors to there respective team. Volleyball teams i...
When my wife, Sherry, graduated from seminary, she was called to be the minister of three yoked churches in the eastern part of North Dakota. We flew to the interview and when we stepped off the plane in Grand Forks, North Dakota, we met Dick and Phyllis Clark. They were the first people we ever met from and in North Dakota. They served as our hosts during the interview process and became some of our closest friends in North Dakota. We've kept up with the Clarks through the years and recently...
Chinook Schools Superintendent Darrin Hannum said recruiting of teachers for system vacancies is going well, despite a shortage of candidates looking for positions in rural districts. Hannum explained, “Chinook has a great reputation, good community support and the pay and benefits are competitive. It’s just a fact that many young grads are looking to teach for big dollars in big cities. I feel we are doing well getting some talented, new teachers coming into our system.” Hannum gave a brief introduction for the new faculty members alrea...
Reporter's Note: I didn't know Dick Edgington, a Chinook resident who died in April, 2016. But I remembered hearing, at the time of his death, several people wondering "what do you suppose happened to that airplane he built in his house?" Recently I ran into Dick's son, Danny Lee Edgington, and asked him about the plane. He said, "Well, it's not assembled in the house, though it was at one time." Asked if he would share the story about the plane, he said he would but added, "Right now the plane...
About fifty adults and children gathered at the Harlem Library for tea with Alice (of 'in Wonderland' fame) and the Mad Hatter. The formal tea was one of two fundraisers hosted annually by the Harlem Friends of the Library. Libby Kuntz, who emceed the event, said, "We decided to host a tea. Then a friend told that her granddaughter and a friend recently were in a dance recital and had costumes ready to go. The Friends decided to invite Alice and the Mad Hatter." The library meeting room and...
“Who is my neighbor?” is the question that prompted the story we have come to know as the Good Samaritan. It’s one of the most familiar stories of the Bible. We even have laws in our country with the same name. It’s the story of a man who fell among thieves on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. They had robbed and beaten this man to near death and then left him to die. Three men came by him that day. Three men had opportunity to be neighbor to the man in need. The first was a priest. He sees the crumpled body of the man lying there but qui...
Loaves and Fishes, the summer feeding program at Chinook, will be completing its sixth summer of operation with a number of activities during August 8-11, the final week of operation for this year. In addition to the Monday through Thursday regular program, there will be a food drive by the children, during lunchtime on Tuesday, a program on Wednesday night with activities and a community meal, the annual turkey dinner at lunch on Thursday and a potluck and swim party, at Sweet Park and the...
This is the time of summer when five Chinook churches would normally be preparing to welcome the new Young Adult Volunteers (YAVs) to town. The Hi-Line program connects young adults with service opportunities in the area through a program of the national Presbyterian Church (PCUSA). The Chinook site is the only site that does strictly rural ministries, other sites in the U.S. are in urban areas and some volunteers go to international sites. The local program just completed its fourth year of...
Larry Wisch, who lives in Chinook, has been taking care of three rural cemeteries since the 1980's. He works in no official capacity, he does it on his own time and at his own expense. Asked how he began doing this work, he said, "I used to take an aunt to one of the cemeteries each year. I saw the cemeteries needed upkeep and decided I would take care of them." Sometimes it's been more than just mowing and cutting weeds, he's installed stones, reset grave markers, even made name markers to go o...
Last week was our final week of Summer Programs. On Tuesday we had a makerspace again. Kelsey read books about building and then we turned the kids loose with recycled materials, hot glue guns, tape, etc. and let their imaginations run wild! The final day to turn reading logs in will be August 12th, prizes will then be drawn for and top reader prizes will be awarded. Accelerated Reader Tests will continue to be available on all computers at the library until school starts. We have several...
The powwow season is in full swing across the west. One of the longest running powwows in Montana completed another successful run at Fort Belknap last weekend. All the planning, fundraising, promotion and hard work by volunteers paid off with another great Milk River Indian Days event. Participants and guests had a wide range of activities to watch and join. Even the weather cooperated. On a historical note, it’s said modern day powwows were first developed and staged by Plains tribes in the late 1920’s and the idea quickly spread from coast t...
Island Mountain Development Group, the autonomous economic development arm of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, hosted a grand opening celebration of its Ecommerce Call Center last week in Hays. The call center is a 5,200+ square foot state-of-the art facility equipped with a secure network infrastructure capable of high speed data transmission. The setting for the celebration was festive with tents, music, balloons, bouncy toys for the kids, a meal served early afternoon, tours of the new...
Mary Jane Bradbury is a Chautauqua speaker for Humanities Montana and the Colorado Humanities. Her specialty is portrayals of pioneer women who made significant contributions to their respective states and regions. She recently appeared at the Blaine County Museum and did a portrayal of Nancy Russell, the wife and business manager of western artist Charles Russell. Before the performance she said she started portrayals about 15 years ago and began doing the Nancy Russell portrayal about five yea...
Laura Shellman, a Nurse Practitioner who joined the Sweet Medical Center the end of May, made a presentation to the monthly meeting of the Cancer Support Group at the Chinook Senior Center last week. A native of Los Angeles, Shellman and her family recently moved to Chinook from Glendive, Montana. Despite growing up in a major urban area, she says, "Over the years I've come to find I really like living and working in small towns and rural areas." Before moving to Glendive Shellman worked in...
After discussion during an announced public hearing in the commissioners’ office at the courthouse, Blaine County Commissioners motioned and approved creation of a new public safety fund for budget year 2017-2018. Commissioners have been exploring ways to meet increased challenges to keep the county’s general fund in the black. The public safety fund would support the major activities of the sheriff’s office and those costs would be removed from the general fund. At least one commissioner wanted the public safety fund to begin during the coming...
The Blaine County Wildlife Museum, in Chinook, will host the monthly Business After Hours on Thursday, August 11. Sponsored by the Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce, the program gives chamber members an opportunity to showcase their organization in a relaxed atmosphere outside of normal operating hours. The Business After Hours program started in April, 2014. Short history of the Wildlife Museum The idea of creating a wildlife museum was first proposed by Bill Harbolt and Scott Mackenzie....
